E-safety

At St Francis Catholic Primary School we take safeguarding extremely seriously, this includes online safety. We live in an ever changing technological world where technology and the Internet is used extensively at home and also at school across all areas of the curriculum. Online safeguarding, known as e-safety is an area that is constantly evolving.

e-Safety is embedded into our curriculum; our children are given advice and guidance by all staff. Similarly all children are made aware how they can report areas of concern whilst at school or outside of school, what to do if they don’t feel comfortable about something they see on line and what to do if they feel bullied on line or see bullying taking place on line.

We recently handed out two e-safety questionnaires, one for the parents, and one for the children, the results of which can be found here and here. They’ve helped us set out our priorities, which are listed below:

For children

ensuring children understand how they can keep their identities safe through the use of privacy settings
appropriate use of social media
pupils talking to parents about how they use mobile devices

For parents

filtering and monitoring software
how to monitor your children’s activity including use of social media
talking to children about online safety

Parents and Carers

Parents play an important role in the development of their children and as such we want to work together to ensure you have the skills and knowledge you need to ensure the safety of children outside the school environment.

We have provided some useful internet (eSafety) information and links below.

Meet ‘The Internet Eyes’

The Eyes gave their first presentation to KS2 recently, check out their presentation below:

The Digizen Family Agreement:

CHILDNET Leaflets in 12 different Languages

Minecraft

Minimum Age: None

A computer game that allows the user to ‘mine’ materials and ‘craft’ objects. To access certain online social features for under 13’s parents must provide permission.

Pokemon Go

Minimum Age: 9

A free-to-play, location-based game that combines GPS tracking with ‘augmented reality’ to allow the player to capture fictional animals in real life locations through their device’s screen.